Christina School District Pacing Guide 2008-2009 5th Grade Writing DATES: 8/25-10/09 Enduring Understandings: 1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 4) A writer selects a form based on his purpose.

Essential Questions: 1) Why write?

What if writing didn’t exist? Why share personal experiences in writing? To what extent is the pen mightier than the sword? How is written language different from spoken language? What makes writing worth reading? 4) Why am I writing? For whom? What am I trying to achieve through my writing? Who will read my writing? What will work best for my audience? 6) What is the relationship between reader and writer?

Assessments

Formative: District Common Writing Prompt-Expressive (8/259/11); On-going assessments of traits using observation, writing samples, etc. Summative: Choose a mutually selected expressive piece that best represents the student’s work.

Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Expressive Process/Procedural

Expressive Idea Development

Expressive Write an adventure story HM- p.46

Subjects and predicates

Conjunctions

WG(Christina Writing Guide)17; 22-24;30-31

Conventions:

Kinds of sentences

DATES: 8/25-10/09 Enduring Understandings:

1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 4) A writer selects a form based on his purpose.

Essential Questions:

2) How do writers express their thoughts and feelings? Where do ideas for writing come from? What makes writing flow? 3) How do effective writers hook and hold their readers? What makes writing easy to follow? What is the best beginning? What is the best ending? What is the best order (sequence)? What is a complete thought?

Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Formative: District Common Writing Prompt-Expressive (8/259/11); On-going assessments of traits using observation, writing samples, etc Summative: Choose a mutually selected expressive piece that best represents the student’s work. Expressive Expressive Expressive Organization Word Choice/Style Sentence Fluency

Conventions:

Compound sentences

Assessments

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Singular and plural nouns

More plural nouns

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DATES: 10/14-11/21 Enduring Understandings: 1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 3) Punctuation marks and grammar rules are like highway signs and traffic signals. They guide readers through the text to help avoid confusion. 6) Conventions of language help readers understand what is being communicated.

Essential Questions:

7) How do writers communicate clearly? 8) To what extent do conventions of language

impact communication?

Formative: On-going assessments in traits using observation, writing Assessments Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Conventions:

samples, etc.

Summative: District Common Writing Prompt- Informative (11/10 – 11/21). Expressive Informative Informative Conventions Idea Development Idea Development Common and proper nouns

Singular and plural nouns Possessive nouns

Action verbs

Dates - 10/14-11/21 Enduring Understandings: 1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques. 4) A writer selects a form based on his purpose.

Essential Questions:

4) Why am I writing? For whom? What am I trying to achieve through my writing? Who will read my writing? What will work best for my audience? 5) Why does a writer choose the form of writing he/she does? 6) What is the relationship between reader and writer?

Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Formative: On-going assessments Summative: District Common Writing Prompt- Informative (11/10 –11/21) Informative Informative Informative Idea Development Organization Organization

Conventions:

Direct objects

Assessments

Main verbs, helping verbs, linking verbs

Verb tenses

Dates – 12/1-1/16 Enduring Understandings: 6) Conventions of language help readers understand what is being communicated. 8) A writer’s word choice and syntax are characteristics of voice which can help personalize text.

Essential Questions: 7) How do writers communicate clearly? 8) To what extent do conventions of language impact communication? 9) What is the voice thing, anyway? Formative: On-going assessments of traits using observation, writing Assessments

samples, etc.

Summative: Choose a mutually selected informative piece that best represents the student’s work.

Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Informative Word Choice/Style

Informative Sentence Fluency

Informative Conventions

Conventions:

Subject-verb agreement

Regular/irregular verbs

Verb phrases with have

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Dates - 12/1-1/16 Enduring Understandings: 1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 4) A writer selects a form based on his purpose. 5) A writer’s point of view is influenced by experience.

Essential Questions:

2) How do writers express their thoughts and feelings? Where do ideas come from? What makes writing flow? 5) Why does a writer choose the form of writing he/she does? 6) What is the relationship between reader and writer?

Formative: On-going assessments of traits using observation, writing Assessments Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Conventions:

samples, etc.

Summative: Choose a mutually selected persuasive piece that best represents the student’s work. Persuasive Persuasive Persuasive Idea Development Write a persuasive Organization letter HM- p.M26 Teach, learn Adjectives Proper adjectives Let, leave Sit, set Can, may

Dates - 1/20-2/27 Enduring Understandings: 1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 2) Writers do not always say what they mean. Indirect forms of expression require readers to read between the lines to find the intended meaning. 4) A writer selects a form based on his purpose.

Essential Questions: 2) How do writers express their thoughts and feelings?

Where do ideas come from? What makes writing flow? 5) Why does a writer choose the form of writing he/she does? 6) What is the relationship between reader and writer?

Formative: On-going assessments of traits using observation, writing Assessments Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Conventions:

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samples, etc.

Summative: District Common Writing Prompt- Persuasive (2/122/27) Persuasive Persuasive Persuasive Organization Word Choice/Style Sentence Fluency Comparing with adjectives

Comparing with good and bad

Commas in a series

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Dates - 1/20-2/27 Enduring Understandings:

1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 2) Writers do not always say what they mean. Indirect forms of expression require readers to read between the lines to find the intended meaning. 4) A writer selects a form based on his purpose.

Essential Questions: 2) How do writers express their thoughts and feelings?

Where do ideas come from? What makes writing flow? 5) Why does a writer choose the form of writing he/she does? 6) What is the relationship between reader and writer?

Formative: On-going assessments of traits using observation, writing Assessments Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3) Conventions:

samples, etc.

Summative: District Common Writing Prompt- Persuasive (2/122/27) Persuasive Conventions More uses for commas

Expressive HM p. M 23 Write an essay More plural nouns

Expressive All Traits Abbreviations Titles

Dates - 3/2-4/9 Enduring Understandings: 1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 3) Punctuation marks and grammar rules are like highway signs and traffic signals. They guide readers through the text to help avoid confusion. 6) Conventions of language help readers understand what is being communicated.

Essential Questions: 7) How do writers communicate clearly?

8) To what extent do conventions of language

impact communication? 10) Why do we need grammar?

Formative: On-going assessments in traits using observation, writing Assessments Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Conventions:

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samples, etc.

Summative: DSTP- Writing (March 19 & 20) Choose a mutually selected expressive piece that best represents the student’s work. Expressive Expressive Expressive All Traits All Traits All Traits Subject and object pronouns

Using I and me

Possessive pronouns Contractions with pronouns

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Dates - 3/2-4/9 Enduring Understandings: 1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain influence) the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 2) Writers do not always say what they mean. Indirect forms of expression require readers to read between the lines to find the intended meaning. 5) A writer’s point of view is influenced by experience.

Essential Questions: 1) Why write?

What if writing didn’t exist? Why share personal experiences in writing? To what extent is the pen mightier than the sword? How is written language different from spoken language? What makes writing worth reading? 2) Writers do not always say what they mean. Indirect forms of expression require readers to read between the lines to find the intended meaning. 6) What is the relationship between reader and writer?

Formative: On-going assessments using observation, writing samples, Assessments Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Conventions:

etc.

Summative: DSTP- Writing (March 19 & 20) Choose a mutually selected expressive piece that best represents the student’s work. Expressive Write a journal entry HM- p.564 Double subjects Using we and us with nouns

Expressive All Traits

Expressive All Traits

adverbs

Comparing with adverbs

Dates - 4/20-6/9 Enduring Understandings: 1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 4) A writer selects a form based on his purpose. 8) A writer’s word choice and syntax are characteristic of voice which helps to personalize text.

Essential Questions: 2) How do writers express their thoughts and feelings?

Where do ideas for writing come from? What makes writing flow? 3) How do effective writers hook and hold their readers? What makes writing easy to follow? What is the best beginning? What is the best ending? What is the best order (sequence)? What is a complete thought? 9) What is the voice thing, anyway?

Formative: On-going assessments of traits using observation, writing Assessments

samples, etc.

Summative: District Common Writing Prompt- Informative (5/115/29)

Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Informative All Traits

Informative All Traits

Conventions:

Contractions with not

negatives

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Informative Write directions HMp.666 Prepositions and prepositional phrases

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Dates - 4/20-6/9 Enduring Understandings: 1) Audience and purpose (i.e., to inform, persuade, entertain) influence the use of literary techniques (e.g., style, tone, word choice). 2) Writers do not always say what they mean. Indirect forms of expression require readers to read between the lines to find the intended meaning. 6) Conventions of language help readers understand what is being communicated.

Essential Questions:

4) Why am I writing? For whom? What am I trying to achieve through my writing? Who will read my writing? What will work best for my audience? 7) How do writers communicate clearly?

Assessments Style/Mini lesson topics:( 1.1,1.2,1.3)

Conventions:

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Formative: On-going assessments of traits using observation, writing samples, etc.

District Common Writing Prompt- Informative (5/11-5/29) Informative Informative Persuasive All Traits All Traits All Traits Object pronouns in prepositional phrases

Pronouns in prepositional phrases with compound objects

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